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» Dems plan a postwar campaign, April 16, 2003
With the war in Iraq winding down, House Democrats headed into the spring recess this week eager to turn voters’ attention to domestic topics by seeking to contrast the Bush administration’s success abroad with what they claim are its failures at home...

» Budget - House Dems Criticize Republicans For Requiring Debt Limit Increase, April 10, 2003
Dusting off a 10-year-old quote from House Majority Leader DeLay, House Democrats criticized Republicans for requiring another increase in the statutory debt limit...

» Democrats ‘Shocked’ By House GOP’s Willingness to Forgo Budget Resolution, April 08, 2003
With House Republican leaders saying this week that a budget resolution may not be necessary, Democrats are taking aim and accusing the GOP of backpedaling...

» Hoyer: Party's Newfound Consensus Boon To Majority Drive , April 08, 2003
House Minority Whip Hoyer said Monday that House Democrats have done a better job this year of unifying around a common agenda program and said that demonstrating the party can govern is an important step toward winning the House majority...

» Democrats Protest Closed Rules in the House, March 17, 2003
Just three months into the 108th Congress, House Democrats are already reaching the height of frustration with the GOP majority and are putting in place a long-term strategy to hit back at Republicans for muzzling their views...

» GOP Turns To Offshore Taxes In Bid To Save Embattled Add-Ons, March 06, 2003
House Republicans were shoring up their floor strategy late Wednesday for what Democrats promised would be a spirited debate today on a military tax relief bill that contains a number of unrelated special interest tax breaks...

» Dems Target Add-Ons In Armed Forces Tax Bill, March 05, 2003
House Minority Whip Hoyer said Democrats support an armed forces tax fairness bill, which is slated for a floor vote Thursday, but said Democrats would fight the special interest "add-ons" Republicans have included...

» Bush budget is deja voodoo all over again, February 11, 2003
President Bush told the nation in his State of the Union address that "we will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, other presidents and other generations." But last week, the administration's budget projected a $307 billion deficit for next year and deficits for as far as the eye can see - even as the administration pushes a new $674 billion tax plan and contemplates military action in Iraq that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars more...

» Excerpts from Newspaper Editorials from Around the Country on Welfare Reform, February 11, 2003
"This is not the time for the federal government to skimp on welfare programs, or to burden states with additional expenses...

» Tax Cuts and Red Ink, February 04, 2003
When President Bush took office, his budget officials estimated the cumulative surplus for the years 2002-11 to be $5.6 trillion. Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its outlook for the next 10 years, in which it declared that the cumulative surplus for that 10-year period "has been all but eliminated." And that's before the president's proposed tax cuts or spending initiatives are factored into the budget...

 

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